We are elated to welcome Strawberry, our newest brown swiss cow, to our herd at Storybook Farm! Strawberry is from northern Wisconsin and will be one of our foundation family milk cows on the farm.
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Moving the Sheep
Natalie & our English Sheepdog, Brandy moving the sheep to a new shady grazing location for these hotter days.
We
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John Deere Van Brundt Grain Drill
New addition to the farm - John Deere Van Brundt grain drill in working condition, tractor (not horse!) drawn
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Grandma Julie’s Pickles
A family favorite around are Grandma Julie's pickles (which she got from our little Lucy's namesake, Lucille, who was
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Moving the Milk
We are working towards building a milk house on the barn, but in the meantime I have been hauling my surge bucket full
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Cherry Pickin
We harvested our last cherry tree today - and froze enough to make 22 pies. This is a true labor of love, it took me and
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A POUND + OF BUTTER A DAY!
I continue to be amazed at how our milk cow can convert the grasses and legumes in our pasture into so may useful dairy
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American Blackbelly Rams
We are excited to welcome two new American Blackbelly rams into our breeding program. We traveled to eastern Wisconsin
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4th of July Ice Cream
For the 4th of July we decided to try some new flavors of ice cream from our Brown Swiss dairy cow - Banana, Blueberry,
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Cherries Are Ripe!
Our cherry trees are ripe and we've been busy making pies! My brothers, Michael & Jesse (and his wife Emily), came
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